Manifest Destiny
by The Dictators
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 May 1977
- Label: Asylum
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:53
- Community rating: 3.53/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Sandy Pearlman, Ross The Boss, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Top Ten, Mark Mendoza, Andy Shernoff, Rich Teeter, Murray Krugman
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The New York proto-punk pioneers temper the aggressive, junk-culture aesthetics of their debut in favor of slightly more polished, melodic hard rock production. Adding Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza on bass, the group delivers driving, anthemic tracks heavily influenced by 1960s pop and classic heavy metal riffs. The record alienated some hardcore punk purists but firmly established the foundational sonic blueprint for high-energy power pop.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, punchy, infectious, gang-vocals, fast
Tracklist
- Exposed (4:27)
- Heartaches (3:37)
- Sleepin' with the TV On (4:16)
- Disease (6:26)
- Hey Boys (3:02)
- Steppin' Out (5:47)
- Science Has Gone Too Far (3:27)
- Young Fast Scientific (3:22)
- Search & Destroy (3:26)
Credits
- The Dictators - primary artist
- Mark Mendoza - bass guitar
- Rich Teeter - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals
- Petronius Woods - keyboards [additional]
- Andy Shernoff - keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals, written-by
- Ross The Boss - lead guitar, twelve-string guitar
- Handsome Dick Manitoba - lead vocals
- Top Ten - rhythm guitar